Welcome to the SEEDS (Social Ecological Economic Development Studies) Sustainability Program. SEEDS creates applied research and interdisciplinary partnerships between students, faculty, staff and community partners to advance sustainability ideas, policies, and practices and create societal impacts by using the Campus as a Living Laboratory.
About SEEDS
SEEDS is an internationally recognized and replicated program. Applied research projects advance social, ecological and economic sustainability through impactful community-based collaborations.
SEEDS Sustainability Students
The SEEDS Sustainability Program provides an applied learning experience through collaboration with faculty members, staff, and community partners.
Faculty
Are you a UBC faculty member who’d like to integrate sustainability curriculum and align applied research projects with learning outcomes? Join our extensive network of partners on campus.
Staff and Community Partners
Do you need applied research to help inform your sustainability strategy? The SEEDS Sustainability Program brings UBC faculty, staff, and community partners together.
Featured Projects
SEEDS projects address a broad range of social, ecological, and economic sustainability issues. Since the program began, over 1,000 projects have been completed through 12 different faculties and schools.
Food Security Initiative
The Food Security Initiative (FSI) is partnership between UBC Wellbeing, SEEDS Sustainability Program and Faculty of Land and Food Systems.
UBC Food System Project
The UBC Food System Project is a collaborative, cross-campus initiative that brings together partners from teaching and learning, operations, and research to improve food systems.
Campus Biodiversity Initiative: Research & Demonstration (CBIRD)
The Campus Biodiversity Initiative: Research and Demonstration (CBIRD) is the first campus-wide initiative of its kind at a Canadian university.
Climate Crisis in Urban Biodiversity
Inspiring the next generation of students to work on the interconnected global challenges of climate change and biodiversity loss by co-creating student-led, inclusive, and demand-driven research.
SEEDS Sustainability Library
The SEEDS Sustainability Library is a comprehensive repository of applied research and knowledge. It’s a key tool for decision makers. Open access applied research reports contribute to a body of knowledge, learning and action to ignite sustainability ideas, policies and practices, and enable the broader community to learn, apply and build on previous research.
Biodiversity
Buildings
Climate
Community
Energy
Finance
Food
Health
Land
Materials
Procurement
Transportation
Waste
Water
Wellbeing
Benny Orr, Davis Su, Hamed Barkh, Jiabei Qiu, Shota Inoda, Xin Yue Luo
Campus + Community Planning: Krista Falkner
CIVL 446
Climate, Community, Transportation
Civil Engineering: Yahya Nazhat
2020-2021
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Mandy Che, Juan Diaz Nieto, Jacqueline Molnar, Kaitlyn Wong
Athletics & Recreation: Alyssa Reyes; Student Recreation Centre: Emily Jarvis
KIN 464
Community, Health, Wellbeing
Kinesiology, School of: Andrea Bundon
2020-2021
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Kristian Biela, Dylan Galovich, Dylan Grier, Cao Gu, Benjamin Maquignaz, Stephen Martin, Braeden McCowan
Campus + Community Planning: Krista Falkner
CIVL 446
Climate, Community, Transportation
Civil Engineering: Yahya Nazhat
2020-2021
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Deborah Burian, Emma Feldinger, Brian Wallack, Rori Wood
Athletics & Recreation: Alyssa Reyes; Student Recreation Centre: Emily Jarvis
KIN 464
Community, Health, Wellbeing
Kinesiology, School of: Andrea Bundon
2020-2021
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Vicky Kim
Risk Management Services: Danny Smutylo; UBC Climate Hub: Adriana Laurent
GRS 497E
Climate, Community, Food
Land and Food Systems, Faculty of: Les Lavkulich
2020-2021
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Matthew Addison, Adam Letendre, Jade Lissel, Nicholas Schwartz, Johnathan Schwarz, Zivojin Trajkovic, Nicole Whitmore
Campus + Community Planning: Krista Falkner
CIVL 446
Climate
Civil Engineering: Yahya Nazhat
2020-2021
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Elizabeth Pertsev, Reginald Naidu, Gurleen Heer, Natasha Sukorokoff
Athletics & Recreation: Alyssa Reyes; Student Recreation Centre: Emily Jarvis
KIN 464
Energy, Health, Wellbeing
Kinesiology, School of: Andrea Bundon
2020-2021
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Francis Ching Seng Hsu, Lane Isaac, Ryan Keefe, Joshua Rea, Yu Sun, Evan Zenke
Campus + Community Planning: Krista Falkner
CIVL 446
Climate, Community, Transportation
Civil Engineering: Yahya Nazhat
2020-2021
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Palwinder Dhesi, Tiffany Ren, Derrick Tong, Michael Worthen
Athletics & Recreation: Alyssa Reyes; Student Recreation Centre: Emily Jarvis
KIN 464
Community, Health, Wellbeing
Kinesiology, School of: Andrea Bundon
2020-2021
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Meghan Little, Aliya Lateef-Vaksvik, Bohan Yu, Ploykarn Kunkonlakarn
Law, Peter A. Allard School of: Anna Kline
GEOG 371
Food, Health, Wellbeing
Arts, Faculty of: Bonnie Kaserman
2020-2021
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